Booklist http://www.booklistonline.com Online version cost $350/building. Reviewers are librarians and editors who are listed on the Web site. The FAQ section indicates Booklist is over 100-years old and is published by the American Library Association. Included in Booklist is a quarterly supplement called Book Links which specifically targets using books in the classroom “including thematic bibliographies with related discussion questions and activities, author and illustrator interviews and essays, and articles by educators on practical ways to turn children onto reading.”
Books in Print (JCKL database)www.booksinprint.com Subscription required. Includes bibliographic information on over 7 million titles. These include in print, out of print, new releases, audiobooks, ebooks, and videos. Also included are cover images and author biographies. Reviews included are from other published journals such as, Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, and School Library Journal. With your subscription you get access to Patron Books in Print, the same information, organized for your patron's use. You also recieve Fiction Connection with your subscription which allows users to search for similar titles by entering a title they already know they liked.
Bulletin for Children's Booksbccb.lis.illinois.edu/
Print or online version cost $93/institution or both for $130.20/institution. Founded in 1945 provides reviews of the current books for children. The Bulletin for Children's Books is published monthly by John's Hopkins University for the graduate school of Library and Information Sciences at the University of IL at Urbana-Champaign. Reviewers are listed under the editors and staff section, they are the sole reviewers of books and come from educational or reviewing backgrounds. Each review gives you information on the books conten, reading level, strengths and weaknesses, and suggestions for curricular use. Include Bulletin Blue Ribbons, which are an annual selection of the year's most distinguished books.
Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (JCKL database)www.childrenslit.com
Annual subscription $295/school. An independent review source that provides an unbiased review of children's and YA literature.The review staff includes over 100 librarians providing reviews for books as well as reviews from professional resources. An interesting feature of this database is the Author and Illustrator booking service, which assists schools in identifying and booking authors and illustrators for speaking engagements. Cooperative Children’s Book Centerhttp://www.education.wisc.edu/ccb
Free. A study and research library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is a non cirulating collection which includes books published for children and young adults. Includes weekly Podcasts, and a listserv, which both discuss new children's and young adult literature. The collection contains review copies of the newest books for children and young adults, so you can see the books before purchasing. The web resources provided by CCBC include, original bibliographies which are created by the staff at CCBC on a wide range of topics for children through high school, links to awards and best of the year lists, and webcast speeches and original interviews. Other links include current publishing trends, graphic novels, and multicultural literature. They also devote a section of the website to helping librarians with intellectual freedom issues, by providing links about book challenges in school libraries. The staff consists of education professors and librarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Federal Resources for Educational Excellencehttp://free.ed.gov Free. Sponsored by the government. Provides links to many reading activities as well as many digitized online books to promote literature and reading to families and students. Links to Reading Planet can be found on this site, which is an index of over 1,000 childrens books to browse by category. Allows you to read reviews written by others about that book. You can even write your own review of the book. Also provides resources for teachers to help with teaching reading and companion activities and lessons to many literary works. Also provides links to helpful sites in all other subject areas besides reading.
Horn Book Magazinehttp://www.hbook.com/magazine/default.asp
1 year subscription $49/per school. Founded in 1924, and are one of the most distinguished journals in Children's Literature today. Besides book reviews of the latest children's books, the Horn Book includes; recommended books (updated monthly), best books of the year, reviews of books by up and coming authors, reviews of films based on children's books, regularly updated lists of national, state and international awards, database of all books reviewed since 1989. A list of current reviewers can be found on the website (it is noted that they very rarely hire new reviewers).
Junior Library Guildhttp://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/jlg/home.dT
Different packages have different pricing (Prices listed below are for high school):
Comprehensive High School Package (156 books/yr.) $2,092.20/year
Standard High School Package (132 books/yr.) $1,757.40/year
Basic High School Package (60 books/yr.) $753/year
Special Focus Package (84 books/yr.) $1,171.80/year
Level Packages (12 books/year) $167.40/year
The Junior Library Guild is a literary review and selection service for children's and young adult books. For every level you order, you will recieve one JLG picked book a month for a year. The books are always new releases and are usually destined to be award winners. All books are shipped at no cost and are the hard cover first editions. Editors pick books to sent twice a year and as soon as they are picked you are notified of the books you will be recieving. The JLG team gets to read the best books of the year before they are published. After they read they narrow the selection down to the best 360 and place orders well in advance of publication dates, so you recieve the books as soon as they are released. Library Media Connectionhttp://www.linworth.com/lmc/
1 year subscription $69.00/school
2 year subscription $138.00/school
Library Media Connection is a professional journal which provides book reviews of current children's and young adult books. This magazine also contains many articles pertinent to what is going on in the library world on a day to day basis including the new information literacy standards and Big 6 problem solving. The staff of LMC can be found on the staff and columnist links on the LMC homepage, this includes their previous work and credentials. Publishers Weeklyhttp://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/home/index.html
51 issue subscription $249.99
Digital subscription $180.00
Provides interviews with top authors and publishers, current trends, and over 7,000 book reviews a year. Reviews are organized by, audio, children's, comics, fiction, nonfiction, religion, or you can search for a specific title. Includes a pick of the week section on the website.
School Library Journal http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
1 Year Subscription $136.99/school
School Library Journal is a monthly publication which has 2 parts, articles which feature ways to integrate the library into the curriculum, and book reviews. They publish consice, critical reviews, in order to help librarians working with our youth make informed decisions on book acquisitions. Their reviews are written by librarians working directly with children and young adults in schools or public libraries, library-school educators, teachers of children's literature, and subject specialists. They review books based on 4 criteria; literary quality, artistic merit, clarity of presentation, and appeal to intended audience.
School Library Monthly http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/
1 Year Subscription $55.00/school
School Library Monthly is a monthly publication, which helps to support School Libraries in their effort to collaborate and integrate into the classroom curriculum. Every article written in the magazine is written by school library professionals.
Teacher Librarianhttp://www.teacherlibrarian.com/
1 Year Subscription $56.00/school
Teacher Librarian is a journal which is made for School Library Professionals. Includes articles about current topics in the area and ways to integrate library information skills into the curriculum. Also contains book reviews. Voya http://www.voya.com/
Subscription $57.00
VOYA stands for Voice of Youth Advocates and is a bimonthly journal made for librarians and other professionals working with young adults. It's focus is the informational needs of teens. Contains a book review of the week and Booklists focused on different genres of literature. Reviewers for the magazine consist of librarians, or any other youth serving professional interested in literature and media for young adults.
Wilson Catalogs (for example, Senior High School Core Collection) (JCKL database)
Subscription Required
4 year print service $265.00
Search for book reviews by genre, grade level, year of publication, author, title, publisher, ISBN, and price. Searches the large Wilson Database for published reviews of the book ORDERING TOOLS
Bound to Stay Boundhttp://www.btsb.com/ Originated in 1920. A book company offering almost 20,000 titles. Search their collection by keywords/numbers, title, author, subject, accelerated reader quizzes or reading counts quizzes, series, bargains, or awards. Titles contain basic information as well as an audio excerpt from the book. Create booklists by selecting wanted titles. Also have a professional shelf, consisting of books you might want to add to your professional collection. Website contains links to many children's authors websites, and a lesson plans section which has lesson plans dealing with children's books.
Brodart http://www.brodart.com/
Brodart Company provides many serviceds to libraries including; books and automation, contract furniture, and supplies and furnishings. Their selection includes over 4 million English Language titles, Spanish language materials, and audio/visual products.
Follett’s Titlewavewww.titlewave.com
Titlewave is Follett's searching and ordering tool. You can search by ISBN, title, author, keyword, subject, grade level, and more. You can search for books that match state standards and teach different curriculum elements (ex. 6+1 traits). You can search by award books, or recommended titles by renowned children's book reviewers (ex. Peggy Sharp). When you click on a book you can see the cover all the publishing information and published reviews for that book. You can also match the titles you are searching to what you already own in your collection. You can analyze your collection by age and Dewey Sensitive areas to see where you need to weed and add books. Create lists and add books to your lists. Amazonwww.amazon.com
Search books by any way (title, ISBN, etc.). Compare book prices from many different vendors to get the best price. Most books are paperback versions. My favorite feature on Amazon is that you can actually take a sneak peek inside the book to see if you will like it. It also gives you recommended titles based on the title you have selected.
Web Selection Tools
Bookfinder.com
Search by author, title, or ISBN. Searches over 150 million books for sale, new, used, and rare or out of print books. It searches every major catalog online, saving you time and money by doing the comparing for you. You then buy the book directly from the seller. Search results split up results into new and used books and compare by price. Reading Rants! Out of the ordinary teen booklistshttp://www.readingrants.org/
Blog by Jen Hubert Swan, librarian and book reviewer. This site reviews books for teen or young adult readers. The main page shows the most recently reviewed books, you can also go to reading lists and see reviews of books based on different themes. Another section of the site takes you to links of other book review sites for teens, and she also includes her top ten lists for each year. YALSA best books listshttp://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm
1 year Membership $180.00 (you can still view booklists without a membership)
Sponsored by the American Library Association, this is the Young Adult Library Services Association's site for their booklists. These include YALSA awards (ex. Printz Award) and other booklists created by this division.
Green Bean Teen Queen http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com/
Blog written by a tween librarian reviewing books and YA books being made into movies. She has created booklists and other interesting news for people interested in YA literature.
Booklist http://www.booklistonline.com
Online version cost $350/building. Reviewers are librarians and editors who are listed on the Web site. The FAQ section indicates Booklist is over 100-years old and is published by the American Library Association. Included in Booklist is a quarterly supplement called Book Links which specifically targets using books in the classroom “including thematic bibliographies with related discussion questions and activities, author and illustrator interviews and essays, and articles by educators on practical ways to turn children onto reading.”
Books in Print (JCKL database) www.booksinprint.com
Subscription required. Includes bibliographic information on over 7 million titles. These include in print, out of print, new releases, audiobooks, ebooks, and videos. Also included are cover images and author biographies. Reviews included are from other published journals such as, Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, and School Library Journal. With your subscription you get access to Patron Books in Print, the same information, organized for your patron's use. You also recieve Fiction Connection with your subscription which allows users to search for similar titles by entering a title they already know they liked.
Bulletin for Children's Books bccb.lis.illinois.edu/
Print or online version cost $93/institution or both for $130.20/institution. Founded in 1945 provides reviews of the current books for children. The Bulletin for Children's Books is published monthly by John's Hopkins University for the graduate school of Library and Information Sciences at the University of IL at Urbana-Champaign. Reviewers are listed under the editors and staff section, they are the sole reviewers of books and come from educational or reviewing backgrounds. Each review gives you information on the books conten, reading level, strengths and weaknesses, and suggestions for curricular use. Include Bulletin Blue Ribbons, which are an annual selection of the year's most distinguished books.
Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (JCKL database) www.childrenslit.com
Annual subscription $295/school. An independent review source that provides an unbiased review of children's and YA literature.The review staff includes over 100 librarians providing reviews for books as well as reviews from professional resources. An interesting feature of this database is the Author and Illustrator booking service, which assists schools in identifying and booking authors and illustrators for speaking engagements.
Cooperative Children’s Book Center http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccb
Free. A study and research library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is a non cirulating collection which includes books published for children and young adults. Includes weekly Podcasts, and a listserv, which both discuss new children's and young adult literature. The collection contains review copies of the newest books for children and young adults, so you can see the books before purchasing. The web resources provided by CCBC include, original bibliographies which are created by the staff at CCBC on a wide range of topics for children through high school, links to awards and best of the year lists, and webcast speeches and original interviews. Other links include current publishing trends, graphic novels, and multicultural literature. They also devote a section of the website to helping librarians with intellectual freedom issues, by providing links about book challenges in school libraries. The staff consists of education professors and librarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://free.ed.gov
Free. Sponsored by the government. Provides links to many reading activities as well as many digitized online books to promote literature and reading to families and students. Links to Reading Planet can be found on this site, which is an index of over 1,000 childrens books to browse by category. Allows you to read reviews written by others about that book. You can even write your own review of the book. Also provides resources for teachers to help with teaching reading and companion activities and lessons to many literary works. Also provides links to helpful sites in all other subject areas besides reading.
Horn Book Magazine http://www.hbook.com/magazine/default.asp
1 year subscription $49/per school. Founded in 1924, and are one of the most distinguished journals in Children's Literature today. Besides book reviews of the latest children's books, the Horn Book includes; recommended books (updated monthly), best books of the year, reviews of books by up and coming authors, reviews of films based on children's books, regularly updated lists of national, state and international awards, database of all books reviewed since 1989. A list of current reviewers can be found on the website (it is noted that they very rarely hire new reviewers).
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/jlg/home.dT
Different packages have different pricing (Prices listed below are for high school):
Comprehensive High School Package (156 books/yr.) $2,092.20/year
Standard High School Package (132 books/yr.) $1,757.40/year
Basic High School Package (60 books/yr.) $753/year
Special Focus Package (84 books/yr.) $1,171.80/year
Level Packages (12 books/year) $167.40/year
The Junior Library Guild is a literary review and selection service for children's and young adult books. For every level you order, you will recieve one JLG picked book a month for a year. The books are always new releases and are usually destined to be award winners. All books are shipped at no cost and are the hard cover first editions. Editors pick books to sent twice a year and as soon as they are picked you are notified of the books you will be recieving. The JLG team gets to read the best books of the year before they are published. After they read they narrow the selection down to the best 360 and place orders well in advance of publication dates, so you recieve the books as soon as they are released.
Library Media Connection http://www.linworth.com/lmc/
1 year subscription $69.00/school
2 year subscription $138.00/school
Library Media Connection is a professional journal which provides book reviews of current children's and young adult books. This magazine also contains many articles pertinent to what is going on in the library world on a day to day basis including the new information literacy standards and Big 6 problem solving. The staff of LMC can be found on the staff and columnist links on the LMC homepage, this includes their previous work and credentials.
Publishers Weekly http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/home/index.html
51 issue subscription $249.99
Digital subscription $180.00
Provides interviews with top authors and publishers, current trends, and over 7,000 book reviews a year. Reviews are organized by, audio, children's, comics, fiction, nonfiction, religion, or you can search for a specific title. Includes a pick of the week section on the website.
School Library Journal http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
1 Year Subscription $136.99/school
School Library Journal is a monthly publication which has 2 parts, articles which feature ways to integrate the library into the curriculum, and book reviews. They publish consice, critical reviews, in order to help librarians working with our youth make informed decisions on book acquisitions. Their reviews are written by librarians working directly with children and young adults in schools or public libraries, library-school educators, teachers of children's literature, and subject specialists. They review books based on 4 criteria; literary quality, artistic merit, clarity of presentation, and appeal to intended audience.
School Library Monthly http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/
1 Year Subscription $55.00/school
School Library Monthly is a monthly publication, which helps to support School Libraries in their effort to collaborate and integrate into the classroom curriculum. Every article written in the magazine is written by school library professionals.
Teacher Librarian http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/
1 Year Subscription $56.00/school
Teacher Librarian is a journal which is made for School Library Professionals. Includes articles about current topics in the area and ways to integrate library information skills into the curriculum. Also contains book reviews.
Voya http://www.voya.com/
Subscription $57.00
VOYA stands for Voice of Youth Advocates and is a bimonthly journal made for librarians and other professionals working with young adults. It's focus is the informational needs of teens. Contains a book review of the week and Booklists focused on different genres of literature. Reviewers for the magazine consist of librarians, or any other youth serving professional interested in literature and media for young adults.
Wilson Catalogs (for example, Senior High School Core Collection) (JCKL database)
Subscription Required
4 year print service $265.00
Search for book reviews by genre, grade level, year of publication, author, title, publisher, ISBN, and price. Searches the large Wilson Database for published reviews of the book
ORDERING TOOLS
Bound to Stay Bound http://www.btsb.com/
Originated in 1920. A book company offering almost 20,000 titles. Search their collection by keywords/numbers, title, author, subject, accelerated reader quizzes or reading counts quizzes, series, bargains, or awards. Titles contain basic information as well as an audio excerpt from the book. Create booklists by selecting wanted titles. Also have a professional shelf, consisting of books you might want to add to your professional collection. Website contains links to many children's authors websites, and a lesson plans section which has lesson plans dealing with children's books.
Brodart http://www.brodart.com/
Brodart Company provides many serviceds to libraries including; books and automation, contract furniture, and supplies and furnishings. Their selection includes over 4 million English Language titles, Spanish language materials, and audio/visual products.
Follett’s Titlewave www.titlewave.com
Titlewave is Follett's searching and ordering tool. You can search by ISBN, title, author, keyword, subject, grade level, and more. You can search for books that match state standards and teach different curriculum elements (ex. 6+1 traits). You can search by award books, or recommended titles by renowned children's book reviewers (ex. Peggy Sharp). When you click on a book you can see the cover all the publishing information and published reviews for that book. You can also match the titles you are searching to what you already own in your collection. You can analyze your collection by age and Dewey Sensitive areas to see where you need to weed and add books. Create lists and add books to your lists.
Amazon www.amazon.com
Search books by any way (title, ISBN, etc.). Compare book prices from many different vendors to get the best price. Most books are paperback versions. My favorite feature on Amazon is that you can actually take a sneak peek inside the book to see if you will like it. It also gives you recommended titles based on the title you have selected.
Web Selection Tools
Bookfinder.com
Search by author, title, or ISBN. Searches over 150 million books for sale, new, used, and rare or out of print books. It searches every major catalog online, saving you time and money by doing the comparing for you. You then buy the book directly from the seller. Search results split up results into new and used books and compare by price.
Reading Rants! Out of the ordinary teen booklists http://www.readingrants.org/
Blog by Jen Hubert Swan, librarian and book reviewer. This site reviews books for teen or young adult readers. The main page shows the most recently reviewed books, you can also go to reading lists and see reviews of books based on different themes. Another section of the site takes you to links of other book review sites for teens, and she also includes her top ten lists for each year.
YALSA best books lists http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm
1 year Membership $180.00 (you can still view booklists without a membership)
Sponsored by the American Library Association, this is the Young Adult Library Services Association's site for their booklists. These include YALSA awards (ex. Printz Award) and other booklists created by this division.
Green Bean Teen Queen http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com/
Blog written by a tween librarian reviewing books and YA books being made into movies. She has created booklists and other interesting news for people interested in YA literature.
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